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KK Hui
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Swallow id ???
« on: Oct 14th, 2004, 1:46pm » |
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MPNR 13/10/04 Not exactly a good photo I'm afraid. Hope you still can identify it with some certainty. A swallow species of some sort? KK Hui ARPS www.geocities.com/kkhui_001
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Yat-tung YU
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Re: Swallow id ???
« Reply #1 on: Oct 14th, 2004, 2:08pm » |
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Dear K.K. If you only look to those species of swallow, you would not find the answer! It is not a swallow, but it is a kind of wader! Pale rufous underwing coverts and black line on face down from the eye are distinctive field marks. Check the first few pages of the section of waders in the bird book. Also, check the colour plate of waders in flight. Well capture! Tung
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Re: Swallow id ???
« Reply #2 on: Oct 14th, 2004, 3:31pm » |
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Thanks for the hint, Tung! I got it! It's an Oriental Pratincole ... KK Hui ARPS www.geocities.com/kkhui_001
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Re: Swallow id ???
« Reply #3 on: Oct 14th, 2004, 5:28pm » |
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kk, 一樣有個"燕"字啊! 飛
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Re: Swallow id ???
« Reply #4 on: Oct 14th, 2004, 10:32pm » |
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KK, did you remember that I told you that its Chinese name is 燕行鳥. Sorry for forgetting the English name at that moment. I did take a same shot below at the moment....
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